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OC Transpo’s security heads will be meeting with the leader of an anti-street harassment group Friday to address sexual assaults on city buses. Since February, “nothing has moved, nothing has been said, nothing has been committed to,” said Hollaback! Ottawa director Julie Lalonde, adding Transpo GM John Manconi is scheduled to attend. The group is […]
MoreLayoffs at a network of facilities for the frail elderly, people with chronic and terminal illness, and persons with disabilities will have serious consequences, a union leader is warning. Bruyere Continuing Care is eliminating 140 jobs as part of a realignment strategy announced Tuesday. “The patients aren’t decreasing,” said Brian Grant, president of Canadian Union […]
MoreEvery boy’s fantasy is to have a hot teacher undress him and make him a man. Or so he’s been told. If he dares report the sexual violation — immediately after or years later — as a crime, he faces being ridiculed or belittled. One in six Canadian men has been sexually abused as a […]
MoreRAW VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2013/03/31/why-do-sex-assaults-continue Eight women will be sexually assaulted in Ottawa today. It could be another librarian, attacked by a boy who pounces when the branch is nearly empty this evening. Perhaps he’ll jump on her desk, tying her up and threatening to crush her face if she fights back. She’ll be forced to crawl […]
MoreRAW VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2013/03/29/ottawa-christians-walk-with-the-cross-through-city-streets Jackie, Jeff, and Xavier Lavery were among hundreds of Catholics making their way through downtown streets marking Good Friday and the 6th annual Way of the Cross. “We thought it would be a good way to show the city that the church is young and alive, and that it is important, and […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2013/03/21/business-jumping-on-open-data-to-provide-real-time-screens-for-riders Put your phone away or use your data to surf. Ottawa’s first real-time bus arrival screen has debuted inside a downtown coffee shop and riders can thank a private business for its launch. Located inside the Treats coffee bar — right on the Transitway — at Kent and Albert Sts., “we put […]
MoreDrivers aren’t the only ones dodging potholes. Cyclists have to keep “a very close eye on the road, as some potholes are three to four inches deep,” said Citizen for Safe Cycling president Hans Moor. “You also have to anticipate fairly far ahead, as usually you need to move away from the curb. Many potholes […]
MoreTire-busting potholes means motorists’ wallets are emptying with each commute. And the problem isn’t exclusive to Bytown. Municipalities such as Sudbury are seeing the “road conditions deteriorating at a rapid rate, i.e. , they’re seeing more in the way of not only more potholes, but bigger potholes as well,” said CAA spokesman Korey Kennedy. Harsh […]
MorePotholes are creating obstacle courses for drivers and cyclists, costing taxpayers almost $5 million a year. “It seems for whatever reason, this year has proven to be a little more severe,” said CAA spokesman Korey Kennedy. “With either the somewhat warm conditions — albeit sporadic throughout the days — but obviously with the extremely cold […]
MoreThrowing back beer while sitting next to a plain-clothed cop had some OC Transpo riders regretting their bravado — or stupidity — over the weekend as Ottawa police conducted another undercover blitz. St. Paddy’s Day or not, “you’re on the bus. You shouldn’t be drinking,” said acting Insp. Michel Marin. Teaming up with Transpo’s special […]
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